Content...criterion...and construct validation: Alternative approaches to validity assessment of the Guttman-type scale of community differentiation

    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Byrnes, Kerry J. (author) and International Fertilizer Development Center, Mussel Shoals, Alabama
    Format:
    Paper
    Publication Date:
    1978-09-03
    Published:
    International
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: KerryByrnes2 Document Number: D01176
    Subject Term:
    communication research, communities, developing countries, Latin America, research methods, and rural communities
    Notes:
    Kerry J. Byrnes Collection., A paper prepared for presentation at the 1978 Annual Meetings of the Rural Sociological Society, San Francisco, California. 8 pages., The paper reviews 10 studies which employed Guttman scaling to measure differentiation at the community level in developing countries. Three alternative approaches (content validation, criterion validation, and construct validation) are applied to assess the validity of the Guttman-type scale of community differentiation.

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